Oh HELLOOOO fall flavors! Are you guys ready for this? Yeah, I AM! One of the best things about moving to Portland (that sentence could end with pretty much ANY true statement about living in Portland…) has been connecting with other people in the food (blogging or otherwise) community. THERE ARE MORE FREAKS LIKE ME!…
Breads
Pumpkin Bread
How is it possible I have not yet posted a pumpkin bread recipe on TKP? How is it possible that it’s September? OMG. How is it possible for this bread to be SO DARN PERFECT?! I dunno how, but it totally is perfect. That’s it. That’s really all I have to say. This bread is…
Coconut Zucchini Bread French Toast
A few weeks ago, I had a friend sleep on my couch for a few days. We talked a lot about the current state of relationships — friendship or romantic — and technology. How the two help and hinder one another. Everyone I know is swiping right and left with varied success, and I find…
Coconut Zucchini Bread
SO MANY BURGERS! You guys may have noticed an unusual number of burger pictures on my instagram — they’re a result of it being burger week here in Portland! There are a bunch of restaurants participating this year (more than 30!), each of which makes a special $5 burger for burger week. MUST EAT ALL…
Almond Cherry Scones (with coconut sugar)
These last few days, being back in Portland, are the kind of days where I’m like OMG I LOVE THIS CITY SO FREAKING MUCH I CAN’T STAND IT! Fo reals. I guess I usually/always feel that way, to some degree, but it seems particularly strong since I’ve come home. The weather has been perfect —…
Mixed Berry Croissant Pudding with Whiskey Butter Sauce
Only one day left on the trail! We’ve been hiking for five days now, and finish on the West coast of England tomorrow, after hiking through sheep field after sheep field and cow pasture after cow pasture and going through kissing gate after kissing gate — I feel like I have a pretty solid grasp…
Orange Carrot Cake Bars
Guys. I’m gonna let these bars do most of the talking today — I’m short on words and these bars are NOT short on awesome. So much orange zest! Tangy cream cheese frosting! Crunchy pecans! I’m calling these carrot cake BARS because they’re more dense than a normal carrot cake. Just how I like my…
German Pancakes
GERMAN PANCAKES! Heck yes for this #tbt — still one of my favorite breakfasts of ALL TIME. They’re so easy, you can whip ’em up in the blender (don’t blend too much… we don’t want activated gluten!), and they don’t take long at all. Plus, you can top them with all SORTS of delicious things….
Soft Pretzels
Here’s another throwback for you guys! This was one of the very first real yeasty “bread” recipes I ever made, and one of the first ones on this blog! HEYO! I’m such a sucker for soft pretzels… hellooo Auntie Anne’s! This dough recipe can be loaded up with any topping — cinnamon sugar, icing, mustard,…
Strawberry Swirl Pound Cake
Throwback Thursday! This is perfect timing: BERRY SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING! I’ve been stocking up on all sorts of sale items this week at the grocery: cheap strawberries and cheap avocados! My guacamole consumption at the moment is obscene. In a wonderful way. AS IS MY STRAWBERRY SWIRL POUNDCAKE INTAKE! Oh man. I actually need…
Banana Pecan Pancakes
Remember when I said I wanted to teach yoga? Ha. Well. I still do — don’t worry. But all of a sudden I am TEACHING YOGA — I have six classes on my schedule next week… which is way more than I ever anticipated. Only three of them are my regularly scheduled classes (which will…
Naan
This might possibly be the post with the shortest title EVER on TKP. NAAN. Good ol’ regular tasty-as-heck naan. It really doesn’t need any other descriptor in the title! I made you guys a naan without yeast a few months ago, to go with the life-changing butter chicken, and even though that’s great for a…
Spelt Phulka (Whole Wheat Indian Flat Bread)
PHULKA! Have you hear of it? It’s my new fave Indian vehicle for butter chicken. YU-UM. Should we tell naan it’s been replaced? Naaaah(n). As you can see, I have little of substance for you today in the word department. Who makes those kinds of jokes? ME. I make those kinds of jokes. Not at…
Quick Naan without Yeast
This recipe is great if you’re in a pinch without yeast, but if you want a fluffier (arguably more authentic) version of naan, check out my regular Naan recipe! Need something to eat this with? Check out my recipe for Indian Butter Chicken! Indian food is one of those foods I’ve never thought I could…
Cinnamon Spelt Pancakes with Creamy Maple Mascarpone
Three magical words for you: CREAMY. MAPLE. MASCARPONE. I’m not even kidding you, this was a last-minute stroke of genius ordeal. I was like “oooh I have extra mascarpone — LET’S ADD MAPLE SYRUP!” and that was that. And I’m never going back. It was like eating a maple bar but 1000x better. And you…
Cranberry Scones with Wild Orange Essential Oil
Bali is wonderful! Bali is great! Bali is fabulous! But we have one huge problem: the wildlife. Wildlife is probably not technically the correct word here, as the main culprits are (in order) spiders, chickens, and dogs. None of those are really “wild” animals (are spiders? they’re certainly not domesticated…), but to me: WILDLIFE. I’m…